Robert Eggers’ ‘Nosferatu’ brings gore and horror to the movies this Christmas
'Nosferatu' continues Christmas horror tradition
Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu,” an update of the silent vampire classic, is a Christmas movie. Even the prestige-cult director thinks so.
While the film is about a monster’s thirst for blood and psychic domination, the backdrop is yuletide season, just like other festive movie offerings during this time of year.
“Focus Features [the film's distributor] pitched the Christmas release date to me,” Eggers told NBC News in an interview earlier this month. “And because of what was in the film and because of my particular interests, I was really happy about it.”
(NBCUniversal is the parent company of Focus Features and NBC News.)
For years, the Christmas horror genre has helped movie fans get their scare on. Think: 1984’s “Silent Night, Deadly Night” and 1980’s “Christmas Evil.” Even “Gremlins,” a major studio release produced by Steven Spielberg in 1984, is bursting with matinee-show mayhem.
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